Nitish Pahwa
@nitishpahwa.com
staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and online media council member @wgaeast.bsky.social. words also in NYT, LARB, and POW Magazine. he/him. blurry visionary, blue-pill mercenary
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His Cartoons Were Beloved. He Created a Gen X Icon. But His Controversies Tarnished It All.
While generations of fans may have loved “Dilbert,” its creator devolved into something unrecognizable as he embraced the MAGA age.
slate.com
wrote about Scott Adams, a once-brilliant and -incisive cartoonist whom I used to genuinely admire—and whose work and worldview, in retrospect, were always blinkered and constricted in ways that presaged his racist MAGA turn and second career: slate.com/business/202...
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Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
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“Music is spiritual, it has been an integral part of human culture for centuries. Music transcends words and linguistic barriers, evolving emotions and connecting people across cultures and beliefs. I always seek the direction of my maker"
RIP Ebo Taylor, the King of Highlife
RIP Ebo Taylor, the King of Highlife
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
“Music is spiritual, it has been an integral part of human culture for centuries. Music transcends words and linguistic barriers, evolving emotions and connecting people across cultures and beliefs. I always seek the direction of my maker"
RIP Ebo Taylor, the King of Highlife
RIP Ebo Taylor, the King of Highlife
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the natural endpoint of Shareholder Capitalism™
I worry that none of us have enough money to be the target demographic for anything. The commercials are for investors not consumers.
i worry that a 5-year stretch of nothing but ads for NFTs, bitcoin, and AI is a long enough gap that this nation's once-great advertising industry will forget how to sell a product people actually want
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
the natural endpoint of Shareholder Capitalism™
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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I’ve seen the video and Isaiah Stewart is innocent.
February 10, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I’ve seen the video and Isaiah Stewart is innocent.
so yeah, that happened
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
so yeah, that happened
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February 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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all of these words are in the Bible that im writing
!["Clavicular almost caught a CAREER-ENDING cortisol spike after a LARPMAXXED stacy tried jesterfying him on stream by calling him a good boy while he was mid-mog between 2 LOW-TIER NORMIES at ASU [crying emoji]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxygfvmczgpiz7a4zmhonyrs/bafkreie2pveejd2zxmhxjeu57zu3ww7e2vyojftgzfsmrthj3dnfcyrr3e@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 AM
all of these words are in the Bible that im writing
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oh no this is awful, that is so, so young
Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit 'The Distance,' dead at 56
Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit 'The Distance,' dead at 56
Greg Brown, a founding member of Sacramento alt-rock outfit Cake, has died. Friends honored the guitarist, who wrote the band's enduring hit 'The Distance.'
www.latimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
oh no this is awful, that is so, so young
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Usual good analysis from Tobias Harris (who, amazingly, doesn't live in Japan).
My first attempt to make sense of a truly historic general election.
open.substack.com/pub/observin...
open.substack.com/pub/observin...
The age of Takaichi dawns
Understanding what happened on Sunday
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Usual good analysis from Tobias Harris (who, amazingly, doesn't live in Japan).
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So we're clear (because the press is apparently incapable) this is a fake competition investigation designed to help local right wing propaganda broadcasters consolidate and increase their power over whatever's left of local U.S. news
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Probes Comcast Relations With NBC Stations
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sent a letter to Comcast on Tuesday announcing a probe of the company's relations with NBC affiliates.
variety.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
So we're clear (because the press is apparently incapable) this is a fake competition investigation designed to help local right wing propaganda broadcasters consolidate and increase their power over whatever's left of local U.S. news
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February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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Exxon is dropping law firm Paul Weiss, whose chair just resigned after his ties to Epstein were exposed, from representing the company in at least four climate lawsuits.
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
Longtime Exxon lawyers retreat from oil company’s climate cases
Attorneys from the law firm Paul, Weiss are no longer representing the oil company in at least four lawsuits that ask the fossil fuel industry to pay for
www.eenews.net
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Exxon is dropping law firm Paul Weiss, whose chair just resigned after his ties to Epstein were exposed, from representing the company in at least four climate lawsuits.
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
Pistons stressing me out tn but also firming up my stance that Cade must run in '28
Pistons timeout at 6:38 2Q, trailing 49-42. Pistons started 0 of 9 from 3 before Cade Cunningham hit; Hornets sizzling at 10 of 18. Pistons big edge in points in the paint (22-8) and points off turnovers (10-2).
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Pistons stressing me out tn but also firming up my stance that Cade must run in '28
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i think if kurt were alive today he'd have said some unfortunate things about "wokeness" at one point or whatever but he'd absolutely fucking hate this
I really need people outside of Seattle to know how much Krist Novoselic sucks
![A screenshot of a Facebook post by Krist Novoselić:
A new proposal would prohibit clearing encampments unless local government provides higher levels of accommodation for shelter. Our state's ruling party is attempting to codify what appears to be a lifestyle. There's no longer any expectation of personal accountability.
Quoted post from Cascade Party Washington:
WA legislature proposal out of touch with worsening chronic addiction homelessness - read now in The Summit (independent press of Cascade Party WA).
[Link with a preview image of a person lying face down on the street next to a dumpster]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yfbs5wymp42eunwvyd57zsem/bafkreiapxbisw52e7xtxafnpnvonviqjfumlmhotqmqsgin7uteiy5qdn4@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 11:49 PM
i think if kurt were alive today he'd have said some unfortunate things about "wokeness" at one point or whatever but he'd absolutely fucking hate this
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holy shit
holy shit
TOM DeLONGE LISTENED TO OUR BIG GAY BLINK-182 BENEFIT COMPILATION
HE HAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED IT "RAD"
AHHHHH
afewgoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/some-g...
holy shit
TOM DeLONGE LISTENED TO OUR BIG GAY BLINK-182 BENEFIT COMPILATION
HE HAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED IT "RAD"
AHHHHH
afewgoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/some-g...
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
holy shit
holy shit
TOM DeLONGE LISTENED TO OUR BIG GAY BLINK-182 BENEFIT COMPILATION
HE HAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED IT "RAD"
AHHHHH
afewgoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/some-g...
holy shit
TOM DeLONGE LISTENED TO OUR BIG GAY BLINK-182 BENEFIT COMPILATION
HE HAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED IT "RAD"
AHHHHH
afewgoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/some-g...
Peter Capaldi!!!
"From guitars, bass, drums and a bit of keyboards, that dry set of stuff, they created a whole other world, a mysterious world. And I still don’t know what they’re doing going to a graveyard in a Cadillac at midnight..."
#PeterCapaldi on Television - Marquee Moon
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#PeterCapaldi on Television - Marquee Moon
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February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Peter Capaldi!!!
ugh I hope not
You think that woman rapper from the Bronx is gonna end up back with her (ex) husband from Atlanta?
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
ugh I hope not
are they in fact "the best conversations"
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
are they in fact "the best conversations"
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RIP Garland Green. His "Jealous Kind of Fella," a big soul hit in '69, is a beautiful jam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-0B...
Jealous Kind Of Fella- Garland Green
YouTube video by LaBamba1680
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
RIP Garland Green. His "Jealous Kind of Fella," a big soul hit in '69, is a beautiful jam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-0B...
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How it started / how it’s going
February 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
How it started / how it’s going
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Right out of the gate: WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ROBERT ALTMAN
People have their PTA can do no wrong club, I'm in the Robert Altman can do no wrong club. This is why I will love you until the sun burns out Laura Dern
People have their PTA can do no wrong club, I'm in the Robert Altman can do no wrong club. This is why I will love you until the sun burns out Laura Dern
opened YouTube and literally yelled seeing this on my front page
Laura Dern’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Right out of the gate: WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ROBERT ALTMAN
People have their PTA can do no wrong club, I'm in the Robert Altman can do no wrong club. This is why I will love you until the sun burns out Laura Dern
People have their PTA can do no wrong club, I'm in the Robert Altman can do no wrong club. This is why I will love you until the sun burns out Laura Dern